Loose Women stars get emotional as Anne Diamond compares physical pain of her baby’s cot death to ‘losing a limb’

The presenter lost her son Sebastian in 1991 and spoke emotionally about the pain she felt

By Lauren Franklin, Showbiz Reporter

19th June 2017, 1:38 pm

Updated: 19th June 2017, 1:38 pm

ANNE Diamond compared the agony of losing her child and adapting to life after to that of losing a limb.

The Loose Women panellist spoke about the loss of her son Sebastian in 1991 to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome – otherwise known as cot death, after scientists said today the pain of a broken heart can be as damaging as a heart attack.

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Anne Diamond spoke on Loose Women today about the agony of losing her son to cot death in 1991

Agreeing with the findings and pointing to her heart Anne, 62, said: “You do feel a physical pain and it’s here.

“And with a child your arms ache as well, there is a physical pain.

“Your arms physically ache as you feel you need to hold a child and need to hold it close you your heart.

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She described her arms aching to hold a baby and compared the loss of a child to losing a limb

“And when I try to explain it to people years later, you say, ‘You never get over it, but it’s like learning to live without a limb.’

“It’s like learning to live with a part of you that’s no more and maybe your heart being physically broken does explain it.”

As the rest of the panel which consisted of Christine Bleakly, Stacey Solomon and Jane Moore became emotional said that her other two sons gave her a reason to carry on.

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Her fellow panellists looked emotional as Anne spoke

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Stacey said it didn't surprise her that the death of Anne's child caused such physical pain

“[I had to keep going because I had two children] and it would have been a very different story if I hadn’t had to go on living the next day.

“And losing a child you think ‘What’s the point of live?’ what’s the point of going on?’”

Following Sebastian’s death 26 years ago Anne co-founded the Back to Sleep campaign for more research into cot death, which has reportedly cut incidences of the tragedy in the UK from 2,000 a year to nearer 300.